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The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has held talks with leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties in a bid to prevent the dissolution of the Knesset and the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, according to an Israeli TV channel on Monday evening.

Earlier in the day, the ultra-Orthodox Shas party announced its intention to vote in favour of a preliminary bill to dissolve the Knesset, which is due for a first reading on…

The Democratic Reform Current, the Fatah branch led by dismissed Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan, has condemned a “gang” led by Yasser Abu Shabab in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip and accused it of operating as a field arm of the Israeli occupation army.

In a statement issued on Monday, the party said the militia aims to spread chaos in the Gaza Strip and obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid, noting that it serves as an extension of “collaborative…

A spokesperson for the United Nations Security Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) denied on Monday claims regarding reducing the peacekeepers’ mission in southern Lebanon, adding that the Security Council, which has the sole authority over UNIFIL has not even begun talks regarding renewing UNIFIL’s mandate.

Andrea Tenenti told Cairo News on Monday evening, that the final decision regarding UNIFIL’s mandate rests with the Security Council member states,…